> It only becomes better when you know the backstory of the author and the context in which it was written
Fully agree, but I do think it’s reductionist to think that he
> cast satan as a personable anti hero
C S Lewis has a pretty scathing rebuttal of this particular theory in his “A Preface to Paradise Lost”. In particular he notes how Satan continually descends throughout the story, not only in power but literally in size.
That said, Satan’s speech to the sun that opens book 4 is incredible
Fully agree, but I do think it’s reductionist to think that he
> cast satan as a personable anti hero
C S Lewis has a pretty scathing rebuttal of this particular theory in his “A Preface to Paradise Lost”. In particular he notes how Satan continually descends throughout the story, not only in power but literally in size.
That said, Satan’s speech to the sun that opens book 4 is incredible